Manifolding sales-book.



E. K, BOTTLE.

MANIFOLDI'NG SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FXLED JULY 17, I912.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

w. AMWVZYH f QM n u E I mvEN'mR IA'TTORNEYS -EDWARD KIRLBY BOTTLE, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO.

MANIFOLDING SALES-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Aug.1'7, 1e15,

Application filed July 17, 1912. Serial No. 709,857.

To all whom it may concern: ,Be it known that I, EDWARD IuRBY Bor- TLE, a citizen of the Un ted States, residlng at Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Manifolding Sales-Books, of which 'the following is a full, clear,..and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to manifolding sales books, and with regard to certain more specilic featuresthereof, to triplicate books.

()ne of the objects of the present invention is to provide a'simple and practical manifolding sales book which may be more rapidly and efficiently manipulated.

Another object is to provide a triplicate sales book which will be 'of durable constructionandinexpensive to manufacture in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction here'- inafter set forth, and the scope of the ap-' plication of which Will be indicated in the following claims. Y r

In the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown. one of various possible embodiments of this invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the complete book in operative position; and Fig. 2 is acentral transverse section of the .book in the position shown in Fig. 1.

. Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the different views of,

a pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves 6 and 7, re-" *spectively. These leaves are connected at their lower ends, at which point is provided a line of perforations 8 wherebythe leaves may be readily separated. The duplicate leaf 7 of each set is slightly longer than the original leaf, thereby to provide a stub portron 9 which is bound with a binding strip 10 by means of staples 11 to form the pad. Each duplicate. leaf is provided with a line of perforations 12 near its bound edge whereby it may be conveniently separated from the stub. The original leaf, however,

extends slightly beyond this line of perforations so that its free end edge is tempo: rarily secured or retained between the bound stub portions of the duplicate leaves. In this'manner the original leaf is held against relative movenientand yet it is permitted to be more easily and quickly separated, as I .when making corrections, as will be more apparent from the description of the operation hereinafter set forth. Bound with these sets of leaves and immediately below the binding strip 10 is a double-faced carbon sheet 13 provided with a thumb-notch 14:

whereby the sets of leaves therebcneath may be more easily grasped when manipulating the book to arrange a new set.

Secured to one side of the supporting member 1 by means of staples 15 or the like is a triplicate pad 16 of tissue 'or parchment leaves. In making the book these leaves are inter-leaved with the sets of original and duplicateleaves. That is, the leaves 17, for example, are positioned above the original leaf of each set of original and duplicate leaves. As shown in the drawing, however, when the book is in operative position, the leaf 18 is interposed between the doublefaced carbon 13 and the original leaf 6. It will thus be seen that when a transaction is recorded upon the original leaf?) it will-be duplicated upon the duplicate leaf 7 beneath the carbon sheet and also negatively upon the tissue leaf 18; After recording the transaction the tissue leaves are automatically swung to one side by the manipulation of the book into the position shown by the leaf 19. These leaves are adapted to be retained in the book to form one complete rec- -'ord of all the transactions, while the original and duplicate leaves are disposed of'as desired.

A convenient method of operating a book of this character is substantially as follows: Assuming the book to be in the position the pad of original and duplicate leaves to swing backwardly towardt-he cover 2. A slight movement to the right will separate the set of original and duplicate leaves along the perforations 12 from the stub. The corner 21 of the next original leaf is then grasped between the thumb and first finger of the right hand through the cut-away portion 14: of the carbon sheet and this leaf drawn downwardly toward the operator. This will move the tissue leaf 17 thereab'ove upwardly suiiiciently to allow it to fall back over the duplicate leaf. The carbon sheet will, by tilting the book, if necessary, swing forwardly over the tissue leaf after which the original leaf is returned to normal posi-- tion and the book is ready for recording the next transaction. 1

It is thus seen that this invention provides a simple and practical form of sales book which may be manipulated easily and quickly and is adapted to accomplish, among others, all of the objects and advantages above set forth.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. I

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: a

' 1. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, a separate pad of triplicate leaves inter-leaved with said sets of leaves and a single carbon sheet coacting with the upper leaves-to produce triplicate copies.

2. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves bound in pad form, a pad of triplicate leaves inter-leaved with said sets of leaves, and manifolding'means bound with said pad of original and duplicate leaves and lying between the duplicate and triplicate leaves of the top set when in operative position.

3. In a manifolding salesbook, in com bination, a pad comprisingaplurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, a separate pad of tissue leaves inter-leaved with said sets of leaves, and a single manii'olding sheet connected with said first-mentioned pad.

In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a plurality of set'sof original and duplicate leaves bound together at one end,

operative position between the original and duplicate leaves as the topset of, leaves is removed and a double-faced carbon-sheet.

coacting with the upper leaves of both pads.

6. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the duplicate leaves being bound together along one end and connected with the original leaves at their opposite ends, a pad of tissue leaves inter-leaved with said sets of leaves, and a double face carbon sheet bound with the leaves of one pad having a normal operative position between the tissue leaf and the duplicate leaf.

7. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a pad comprising a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves, the dupli; cate leaves being bound together along one end and connected with'the original leaves at their opposite ends, a separate pad of triplicate leaves inter-leaved with said sets of leaves, and a carbon sheet connected with said pad having a normal operative position between the triplicate-leaf and the duplicate leaf, said inter-leaved leaves being so posi tioned and arranged as to fall into operative position when the top leaf of the next set is detached. I

8'. In a manifoldin salesbook, in combination, 'a support, two Kinds of leaves mounted thereon, one kind being longer than the other and the "leaves of said kinds being alternately arranged,'means for binding the edges of the longer leaves to said support, the free edges of the shorter leaves adjacent the bound edges of the longer leaves being temporarily secured thereby, a carbon sheet bound with said, longer leaves adapted to be i interposed successively between each pair of long and short leaves, said carbon sheet having a cutaway portion to permit access to the next original leaf therebeneath, and

triplicate leaves inter-leavcd with said kinds of leaves. a

9. In a manlfoldmg salesbook, 1n combinat1on,a support, two kinds of leaves mounted thereon, one kind being longer than the other and the leaves of .said kinds being alternately arranged, means for binding the edges of the longer leaves to said support, the free edges of the shorterleaves adjacent the bound edges of the longer leaves being temporarily secured thereby, a carbon sheet bound with said longer leaves adapted to be interposed successively between each pair of long and short leaves, said carbon sheet having a cut-awayportion to permit access to the next original leaf therebeneath, and a ed thereon, one kind being longer than the" triplicate leaf positioned. above each. shorter leaf. r

10. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a support, two kinds. ofleaves mountother and the leaves of said kinds being alternately arranged, 'me'ansffor binding the edges ofthe'longer leaves to said support, the freeedges of the shorter leaves adjacent the boundiedges oft'hc" longer leaves being temporarily secured thereby, a carbon sheet bound with said longer leaves adapted to be interposed successively between each pair of long and short leaves, said carbon sheet having ,a cut-away portion to permit access to the next-original leai therebeneath, and a pad of tissue leaves connected with said support, the leaves of which are positioned above said shorter leaves.

the s'etsof original and duplicate leaves, a

v carbon sheet connected with one of said pads having a normal operative position beneath the top inter-leaved duplicate leaf, and a top cover for said pads.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE. Witnesses PHILIP LAPPLA, JOSHUA TATE. 

